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clamsmtpd.conf(5)	       File Formats Manual	       clamsmtpd.conf(5)

NAME
     clamsmtpd.conf -- the configuration file for clamsmtpd(8)

DESCRIPTION
     clamsmtpd(8)  reads  a configuration file when starting up. The location of
     the file is dependent on how you compiled clamsmtp but it should usually be
     in either the /usr/local/etc/ or /etc/ directories.  If  clamsmtpd(8)  does
     not  find	its  configuration  file it'll print a warning when it starts up
     along with the location it's expecting to find it in. You can also  specify
     a	different  location  for  a  config  file  by passing the -f argument to
     clamsmtpd(8)

     The settings are specified one per line. The setting names come first, fol-
     lowed by a colon and then the value. Comments start with the '#'  character
     on a line of their own. Whitespace is ignored at the beginning of line, end
     of line and around the colons.

     A	sample	configuration  file  can  be  found in the doc/ directory of the
     clamsmtp distribution.

SETTINGS
     The various settings are as follows:

     Action	 This option controls what clamsmtpd(8) does  when  it	finds  a
		 virus. The options are:

		 bounce  Bounce the email. In most cases this is not a good idea
		 since many viruses spoof sender addresses.

		 drop Silently drop the email. Recommended.

		 pass Pass on the email. Inserts an 'X-Virus-Infected' header.

		 [ Default: drop ]

     ClamAddress
		 Specifies the address to connect to clamd(8) on. See syntax  of
		 addresses below.

		 [ Default: /var/run/clamav/clamd.sock ]

     Header	 A header to add to scanned messages. Put an empty value to sup-
		 press	adding	a  header. You can include the following special
		 formatting characters in the string to include special values:

		 %i Client IP Address

		 %l Local IP Address

		 %d Current Date

		 You can also include the standard \r or \n escapes.

		 [ Default: 'X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP' ]

     KeepAlives  On slow connections the server will  sometimes  timeout  before
		 clamsmtpd(8)  is  finished scanning the file. This option sends
		 NOOP's to the server to keep the connection alive. Specify  the
		 number of seconds, or 0 to disable.

		 [ Default: 0 ]

     Listen	 The  address  and  port  to listen for SMTP connections on. See
		 syntax of addresses below.

		 [ Default: port 10025 on all local IP addresses ]

     PidFile	 Specifies a location for the a process id file  to  be  written
		 to. This file contains the process id of clamsmtpd.conf and can
		 be used to stop the daemon. If the -p argument is passed on the
		 command line, then this setting will be ignored.

		 [ Default: none ]

     Quarantine  Quarantine  files  that  contain viruses by leaving them in the
		 TempDirectory directory. The file names look like this (where X
		 is a random character or number): virus.XXXXXX

		 [ Default: off ]

     MaxConnections
		 Specifies the maximum number of connections to accept at  once.
		 clamd(8)  also needs to be setup to accept at least this number
		 of connections.

		 [ Default: 64 ]

     OutAddress  The address of the SMTP server to send email to once it's  been
		 scanned. See syntax of addreses below.

		 [ Required ]

     TempDirectory
		 The  directory  to write temp files to. This directory needs to
		 be accessible to both clamd(8) and clamsmtpd(8)

		 [ Default: /tmp ]

     TimeOut	 The number of seconds to wait while reading data  from  network
		 connections.

		 [ Default: 180 seconds ]

     TransparentProxy
		 This option enables transparent proxy support, which allows you
		 to  route  all  SMTP  traffic	that's	going  through a gateway
		 through clamsmtp which will then send it on to its final desti-
		 nation. This setup usually involves firewall rules which  redi-
		 rect traffic to clamsmtp, and the setup varies from OS to OS.

		 [ Default: off ]

     User	 The   user  to  run  as.  If  this  option  is  specified  then
		 clamsmtpd(8) must be started as root. It will	then  drop  root
		 privileges  and  run as the specified user. The user can either
		 be a name or a numerical user id.

		 [ Optional ]

     VirusAction
		 This is a command to run when a virus is found. See  the  VIRUS
		 ACTION section in clamsmtpd(8) for a discussion of this option.

		 [ Default: off ]

     XClient	 Send an XCLIENT command to the receiving server. This is useful
		 for  forwarding client addresses and connection info to servers
		 that support this feature.

		 [ Default: off ]

ADDRESSES
     Addresses can be specified in multiple formats:

     *	 Unix local addresses can be specified by specifying  their  full  path.
	 (ie: '/var/run/clamav/clamd.sock').

     *	 IP addresses can be specified using dotted notation with a colon before
	 the port number (ie: '127.0.0.1:3310').

     *	 IPv6 addresses are implemented but disabled. The code needs testing.

SEE ALSO
     clamsmtpd(8)

AUTHOR
     Stef Walter <stef@memberwebs.com>

clamsmtp			 September, 2004	       clamsmtpd.conf(5)

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